The DROID BIONIC has probably been the single most anticipated Android smartphone in the US. Since its unveiling at CES, subsequent total re-design, and sort-of-delayed release, it has been a long and winding road for Motorola’s newest flagship handset. Verizon’s massive marketing arm hasn’t failed to promote this thing, either – walk into any Verizon [...]
The LG Enlighten is a mid-level Android smartphone that’s been mentioned for weeks now, but without any official info. Looks like the unofficial promotions are continuing, however, as it’s made an appearance in the upcoming Verizon catalog. To recap the specs, you’re looking at a 3.2-inch slider, with four-row keyboard, Android 2.3 and an 800MHz processor. [...]
Welcome back to another roundup of tech news here in this issue of Android Community Weekly! Sunday, AT&T finally released the HTC Jetstream with a pricetag of 9.99. The present tablet market is extremely competitive, and I foresee this unsubsidized price dropping in the near future. Later, we saw the newly unlocked HTC Sensation sporting [...]
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen someone trying to bring back the number pad ala the feature phones of yesteryear, except with Adnroid on it. The folks at eAccess have gone retro with the Smart Bar, an Android-running candybar phone with a really thin display. Inside you’re getting an 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, [...]
The wait is finally over and everyone can now head out and buy their very own DROID Bionic. Like always you can buy it at Verizonwireless.com and in stores starting today for 9. For those that don’t need the Bionic in their hands right this minute Amazon has done what they’ve done many times before [...]
The Xperia Arc is one of our favorite phones of 2011. Sony Ericsson really knocked it out of the park earlier this year, bringing to market a device with stunning aesthetics, solid specs and the best camera on any Android smartphone. So when they announced the Xperia Arc S — a beefed-up Arc with a [...]
With Android’s next big update right around the corner, handset manufacturers are already starting to make plans regarding getting the new iteration of Google’s smartphone OS to their current generation of handset. Sony Ericsson has confirmed to SoMobile that their entire lineup of devices released in 2011 will receive an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. Google’s [...]
It wasn’t just phones on show at last night’s Xperia Party in London. Sony Ericsson was also keen to show off the latest accessory for its 2011 Xperia smartphones — the Live Dock. This is a brand new smartphone dock which serves not only as a charging dock, but allows you to connect USB peripherals like [...]
Sprint this morning announced the Kyocera Milano, a phone we outed a week ago in the Sprint Playbook. The Milona looks to be a mid- to low-end Android smartphone, with a 3-inch display, Android 2.3, a 3.2MP camera and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It weighs 5.6 ounces and has a 1490 mAHh battery, and 512MB of RAM and ROM. [...]
Today Samsung and Cricket announced the Samsung Vitality, and Android 2.3.4 smartphone headed for the budget-oriented carrier. The Vitality features and 800MHz CPU, 3.5-inch 320×480 display, and 3.2MP camera. It’s biggest selling point, however, is being the first phone on Cricket’s network to launch with Muve Music. Muve is a one-of-a-kind streaming music service with [...]
We’ve spent some quality time the past few days with the Samsung Vitality from Cricket Communications, and we’ve come away pleasantly surprised. With the Vitality, you’ve got a mid-level Android smartphone that’s light, thin and surprisingly quick. It’s running Android 2.3.4 with the stock user interface, with an 800MHz processor pushing a 3.5-inch display at [...]
See our hands-on with the Samsung Vitality Cricket Communications this morning announced the Samsung Vitality — the first Android smartphone with deep integration of the Muve Music service. Muve itself has been around for a while — it already has 200,000 users — but this is the first time it’s been built into an Android [...]
It wasn’t known what the Samsung Transfix was when they filed for a mobile phone trademark, but it appears to be another Android smartphone for the pay-as-you-go carrier. The model number of this device is SCH-r730. With the Samsung Vitality having a model number of SCH-r720, the Transfix may be the exact same device [...]
Want to know how to get an Android smartphone into more people’s hands- You do exactly what AT&T is doing by offering one for . Another kicker, by the looks of the screenshot, is it looks to be rocking stock Android 2.2 (huge bonus). We don’t have a full breakdown of specs on the Impulse [...]
Have we mentioned the Motorola Droid Bionic will be available Sept. 8- Oh, good. Because it’s now finally officially official. Price is official as well: 9 with a two-year contract. This has without a doubt been one of the strangest roads to launch for a smartphone in recent memory. The Droid Bionic was initially announced in January [...]
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It’s finally here! The Motorola Droid Bionic has officially landed and today Verizon announced that it will be available starting Thursday, September 8th, for just 9. We have been waiting for what seems like a year for the Droid Bionic and now that it is finally here we at Android Community have plenty of videos, [...]
If you’re in the UK and are excited about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note, you will be happy to know that you can pre-order the new 5.4-inch smartphone from at least one UK retailer. Clove, an electronics retailer in the UK currently has the Samsung Galaxy Note available for pre-order. The tentative price of the [...]
With Labor day now behind us, it means back to work and back to school for sooo many folks out there. To ease the transition of getting back into routine, we’re holding a ShopAndroid.com sale! Whether you bought a new Android Smartphone over the holidays or just want to get some new Back to Work/School [...]
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What do you do if you are an artist employed by Samsung and your job is to demonstrate the features of the new Galaxy Note- That’s easy you draw caricatures of IFA attendees of course! Using nothing but the Galaxy Note, what appears to be a native drawing app, and the Note’s S Pen, the artist [...]
Another leaked set of photos has just hit the streets of HTC’s upcoming AT&T 4G LTE smartphone known as the HTC Holiday. These aren’t the first and most likely wont by the last. We recently saw a nice selection of photos just last week. Latest images are now showing what could be AT&T’s 4G LTE [...]
O2 UK’s “coming soon” page has been updated to feature Samsung’s upcoming mid-range Android offering, the Galaxy W. The Galaxy W arrives as part of Sammy’s new smartphone namimg strategy, which sees devices tagged with a different letter to demote where they fit in the manufacturer’s line-up. Targeted at mainstream smartphone buyers, the Galaxy W is [...]
Medion has announced two new members to the Android family the Medion Lifetab P9514 and an Android 2.3 smartphone that hasn’t been given an official name yet. The Lifetab P9514 is the latest 10-inch tablet to hit the market. Medion’s new tablet will run Nvidia’s Tegra 2 CPU, Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), and weigh 720g. The [...]
The @DroidLanding Twitter account has awoken once more, this time with news of an ongoing DROID Bionic scavenger hunt: In previous VZW Twitter contests, the @DroidLanding account would tweet out the coordinates of a hidden smartphone and participants would hurriedly scramble to the location lest someone claim the prize before them. With this latest scavenger [...]
The @DroidLanding Twitter account has awoken once more, this time with news of an ongoing DROID Bionic scavenger hunt: In previous VZW Twitter contests, the @DroidLanding account would tweet out the coordinates of a hidden smartphone and participants would hurriedly scramble to the location lest someone claim the prize before them. With this latest scavenger [...]
Just a few days ago Sony unveiled the Xperia Arc S, an upgraded version of the Xperia Arc. Clove Technology in the UK has announced today that their stock for this device is expected to arrive September 26th for £349.99 including taxes (3.89 USD). You’ll be able to snag this sexy Android smartphone in two colors, Midnight [...]
As you may already know, we were live and in action this year in Berlin at IFA 2011, and without a doubt it was a year for tablets on the Android front. Samsung, Toshiba, and ViewSonic brought the heat while Lenovo brings on the candy-coated goodness. Then there’s what many have considered the superstar of [...]
Here’s a great demo of the drawing capabilities on the Samsung Galaxy Note, that gianormous 5.3-inch uber-drawing/notetaking smartphone. Of course, you’re going to need some sort of artistic talent to begin with, but you get a sense of how detailed you can get with the stylus. Check it out after the break. Via Softpedia; Thanks, [...]
Earlier this week at the Rogers LTE event Reade Barber, Senior Director Data Product Management, said their subscriber numbers in Ottawa have already “exceeded their expectations”, unfortunately he gave no hard numbers for competitive reasons. When Toronto goes live on September 28th, followed by Montreal and Vancouver by the end of the year will increase [...]
The HTC Jetstream 10-inch Honeycomb tablet and LG Thrill 4G Android smartphone are available today on AT&T. The Jetstream’s going for a rather ridiculous 9 with a two-year contract, and LTE data plans start at .99 for 250MB. Or, you can buy it for 9 outright. The LG Thrill’s running a more realistic on contract, or 9 outright. [...]
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Recycling pays with Verizon Wireless’ 0 gift card deal for new and existing customers that send back their old phones when they activate a new line, upgrade to a new Smartphone or add a new line of service. (2 year contract is required for each). Many of the best-selling Android devices available include the HTC [...]
There’s a big handful of devices on sale this weekend up until Labor Day including more than a couple of our old favorites on the Android front. All of these sales are online exclusives and each of them requires a 2-year activation, but beyond that you’re in the sweet, sweet discount world. First there’s the [...]
It appears that at least one Android superfan has gotten his hands on one of the next big magnificent pieces of Google mobile operating system, the Motorola Droid BIONIC. This device is set to be the first dual-core smartphone on the market with Verizon’s 4G LTE connectivity. Today what we’re seeing is a fellow going [...]
Samsung took the stage today at the IFA conference in Berlin and announced a few new products, no not the Tab 8.9, nor the new bada phones… and not the LTE Samsung Galaxy SII. How does a the Galaxy Note sound- Here are the huge specs: Galaxy Note “is a new category of product” that’s [...]
The results are in on TouchType and Smartphone Experts’ survey from earlier this year, and with over 30,000 responses, we now have some pretty solid data to share with you. The survey asked readers to share how they use their smartphones, and which features they find most important. Of those surveyed, 86 percent indicated that [...]
More news from Samsung today folks. As if we haven’t talked about them all week anyways, but we are now hearing they’ve also just announced the Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi Music Player. You might be thinking don’t they already have a Galaxy S Player in 4 and 5″ sizes- Yup, and details on those are [...]
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